In 2017, the total electricity consumption of the whole society was 6307.7 billion KWH, a year-on-year increase of 6.6%.According to the industry, the first industry USES 115.5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, a year-on-year increase of 7.3%;The second industry USES 444.13 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, up by five.5%;The tertiary industry USES 881.4 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity to grow by 10.7%;Urban and rural residents used 869.5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, an increase of 7.8%.

In 2017, the cumulative average utilization of power generation equipment in China's 6,000 kilowatts and over power plants was 3,786 hours, an 11 hour decrease from the previous year.Among them, the average utilization hour of hydropower equipment is 3579 hours, which is 40 hours less than that of the previous year.The average use of thermal power equipment was 4209 hours, an increase of 23 hours over the previous year.

In 2017, the new capacity of power supply in China (officially put into operation) is 133.72 million kilowatts, including 12.87 million kilowatts of electricity and water and 45.78 million kilowatts of thermal power.

On January 22nd the national energy administration released the national electricity industry statistics for 2017.Among them, net solar power generation reaches 13025 mw.